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Administration ditches plan to send VA staff to help at border after GOP outcry

By Anna Giaritelli
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Administration ditches plan to send VA staff to help at border after GOP outcry

The Biden administration has walked back plans to send Veterans Affairs medical staff from around the country to the southern border following an outcry from Republicans, who raised the fear that veterans would lack care.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas disclosed during a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee that talks with VA Secretary Denis McDonough had ended.

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